7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department.THURSDAY, July 68:30 a.m. Randolph County Commission meets at Randolph County Courthouse Annex.noon Roanoke Rotary Club meets at The Galley Restaurant.4 p.m. The Water, Sewerage and Gas Board of the Town of Wedowee meets at the utilities board office.FRIDAY, July 79 a.m. The Low Vision Group…
WEDOWEE – The Randolph County Republican Party met at The Hub restaurant in Wedowee on Thursday night to discuss candidates and issues surrounding the upcoming primary runoff election. Chairman Bob Fincher was encouraged by the number of voters in Randolph County who voted in the Republican primary compared with previous primary elections. Fincher said, “We…
Arrests Tommy James Clark, 38, of 212 Mitchell St., Roanoke, was arrested on June 29 and charged with probation violation. James Richmond Whaley, 18, of 860 Cody Rd., Roanoke, was arrested on June 29 at Randolph Medical Center and charged with attempting to elude. Kevin Darryl Warren, 19, of 2608 County Rd. 79, Roanoke, was…
MONTGOMERY – Randolph and surrounding counties are among 48 Alabama counties designated by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns as primary natural disaster areas due to the ongoing drought. Gov. Bob Riley and Commissioner Ron Sparks of the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries traveled to Washington, D.C. last week and requested the disaster declaration. “High…
The 32nd Annual Southeastern Baseball Camp will be held at Southern Union State Community College in Wadley in July. Camps are designed to teach players the correct skills and habits that enable them to fully develop their talent. There will be strong emphasis on hitting and throwing, as well as other aspects of the game.…
The Wedowee water system recently violated a drinking water standard. Although this is not an emergency, the customers have a right to know what happened, what they should do and what the board is doing to correct the situation. The Wedowee Utilities Board routinely monitors for the presence of drinking water contaminants. Testing results received…
WEDOWEE – Cowboys and cowgirls were seen this weekend in Randolph County in numbers that would put the Ponderosa to shame. Wrangler blue jeans, belt buckles and cowboy hats and boots were the preferred apparel for those attending the weekend’s big event. The third annual Randolph County Professional Cowboy Association Rodeo took place on Friday…
MONTGOMERY — On Wednesday former Gov. Don Siegelman, in one of his frequent interviews outside the Federal Courthouse in Montgomery, turned a clever phrase: “This jury won’t give me as much as a parking ticket.” On Thursday Siegelman found out differently. In a decision that was nothing short of astonishing to most of the observers…
If it’s illegal, the “everybody else does it” defense shouldn’t work. It didn’t in the federal corruption trial of former Gov. Don Siegelman and former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy. Last Thursday Siegelman and Scrushy were convicted in what a jury decided was a trade-off scheme, whereby Siegelman appointed Scrushy to the state board that regulates…
WEDOWEE – Presiding Circuit Judge Howard Bryan sentenced Bennie Gerald Whaley in a theft by deception case affecting umpires across the state to three years, of which he will serve one year in prison and two on probation. The prosecution contended Whaley, a member of the board and booker for the East Central Alabama Basketball…
Some squealed like girls, some cussed and some hit the floor, but all of the Roanoke police officers who participating in a Taser training course last week felt the sting. On Friday, all of the officers took part in a half-day training session at Roanoke City Hall given by certified instructors from Taser. Police Chief…
On Feb. 22, Blair and Vicki Parker, along with their 9-year-old son Nathan, set forth on a journey to China that has since drastically changed their lives and the life of a special little girl. After what Blair described as a very long flight from Atlanta and then from Los Angeles, the Parker family, which…
It was there at the beginning. Springs bubbled out of the ground, providing good clean water, and the city began springing up around them. Society ladies developed Handley Springs Park and talked the city into buying the rundown area that needed filling in, according to Frank Fetner, local historian. The city bought Handley Springs Park…
Alabama is finally offering sales tax relief to back-to-school shoppers during the first weekend of August. The first annual tax-free holiday in Alabama will start at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 4, and continue through Sunday, Aug. 6, until midnight. The 4 percent state tax will not be charged to certain school-related items during the…
Members of Congress like to talk about values. They sure don’t mean the Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” While more and more hardworking Americans struggle to make ends meet, Congress showed what it really values – the rising value of congressional pay. The House green lighted the…
Roanoke City Schools Superintendent Chuck Marcum updated the school board on construction projects; presented personnel changes for approval and commented on the June 9 loss of former Superintendent Thomas Turner. At last Tuesday’s school board meeting the board observed a moment of silence in honor and memory of Turner. Marcum talked about Turner’s importance to…
Someone once accused me of being a “tax and spend liberal.” I was offended. Like our president, I fall more into the “don’t tax but keep spending” category, which is why I was taken so aback when my wife told me that I had been selected (by whom she never said) to play the tax…
WADLEY – An automobile accident, requiring one victim to be cut from her car and airlifted to UAB hospital, occurred at the intersection of Hwy. 22, Hwy. 77 and County Road 828 outside of Wadley on Thursday morning around 9:45. A Lifesaver helicopter landed on Hwy. 22 to take Martha Hauer, 49, to UAB. Hauer,…
(ROANOKE) Services for Tommy Coleman Brown, 42, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, July 5, 2006, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Gary Baugh officiating. Burial will follow at Liberty East Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Mr. Brown…
(ROANOKE) Services for Grace Nell Towler Prescott, 93, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, July 5, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Stanley Yarbrough and the Rev. Jimmy Dale Abrams officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m.…